Life Gets in the Way...

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“Best laid plans”, right? 

In 1785, Robert Burns wrote “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray”. How often do we make a plan, follow up with a real commitment, then let life get in the way? I imagine we all have experienced this. The most frequently cited example of this is our failed New Year’s resolutions. According to US News and World Report, there is an estimated failure rate of 80% of people to keep their New Year’s resolutions by February, and only 8% of people stick with them the entire year. 

A relevant example for me is this blog. I started it in 2020 with the full intention of adding new entries at least a few times a week, and then I got a new job, as mentioned in a previous post. I let this new job get in the way because it led to 50+ hours of work a week… add this to my life at the time, and I let blogging take a back seat. 

So here we go again. Time to revitalize, take a hard look at what I am doing and reset the course for the “fourth quarter” as I now refer to my remaining years. While I am still stubbornly resisting inevitable aging, have continued to deepen my understanding of what getting older will lead to, and think about what I can do to minimize the slippery slope, I have not cataloged my discoveries nor learnings here in this blog; fortunately, though, I have made entries in my journal which have tracked my thoughts on aging through the last couple years and can use some of those to make up for lost time on this blog. 

In summary, as the Chinese proverb goes “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now”. So, "now" is my time to restart, and I hope you will follow me.

Feel free to bounce back with any comments about your own best examples of “life gets in the way”, and any tips or hacks you use to keep your intentions alive…

 

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